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National Republican., 1887-12-24

Mother-It 10 bitter cold night. don't
and abe might as well come and help me
with this mat.
Small boy-Jennie's beau has come. He's
IN the paTlor now with Jennie. l saw 'em
both there inst now hugging-
Mother (hoTriaed) d)-Whatf
Small boy (mischieyously)-Ye hug.
ging-
Mother-My gracious
Small boy-Hugging the stove.
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EESEIAEoHTI-A.LS-

DIASA, SAsBoRS Co., DAKOTA, Feb. "a, SO.
MR.. RoBERT MoRRELi, SUMMIT, NEW JERSEY
DEAR SIR Last summer the skating rink in
this place burned down. The wind, being In
tho right direction, carried the flames into the
business part of the town. and the roofs Of
many buildings caughydre SO that they blazed,
but with two of your Barrel Fire Engines we
saved the town. We had 20. feet OF hose at
tacbed 10 each machine. and they worked so
satisfactorily that we would not take $500 for
them, if others could not be obtained. Very
respectfully,
JC. WHITING, Dist. Attorney.
w. N. SEvEY, Sheriff.
StMrsoN IL HOWELL, Hardware.
NJ. @. THIESoN Il Co., Machinery.
l. l.. BERGATREssER, Merchant.
And eighteen others.
From the Titusville pa Herald OF Apr. 2s, 'S5 ]
For the second time in two years the Com
mercial Hotel was discovered on fire last Sun
day evening, Being as dry "a tinder box the
flames spread with the greatest rapidity, and
would undoubtedly have destroyed this build
ing and the whole Of the business part OF town
had 1t not been for the prompt appearance of
two Of Morrell's Barrel Fire Engines, the pow
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erful work of which soon extinguished the fire
before much loss occurred. This is the third
time these engines have saved the town, and too
much cannot be said in their praise.
CESTERyILLE, Pa, June IS, lSs5.-I have
owned a Morrell Firo Engine for year, and
have twice saved our town with II. Every in
surance man in these parts is advocating these
engines. My insurance on stock is but l q per
cent, while my unprotected neigbbors arc
paying 21a per cent. for similar property.
j.. RoDIER,
Dry Goods, Groceries, Boots and Shoes, Furni
ture and Crockery.
OFFICE FARlBAuLT WIND MILL Co., FARIBAULT,
MiNN.-We believe Morrell's Bucket Force
Pump to be one of the best fire extinguishers
we have ever seen. When the elevator burned
we think these pumps had as much TO do IN
saving our shops as the steam fire engine It.
self. During the fire the engine gave out, and
these pumps kept our shops and adjoining
buildings Wet down until the engine was In
running order again, and in every case where
we have seen them tried they have done
equally as well. STEWART & WINTER,
National Republican., 1887-12-24

No CHRIsTMAs on NEW YEARS TAnLE should
be without bottle OF AEGosTuRA BIrTKRs, the
world renowned appetizer OF exquisite flavor.
he sure 70 get the genuine article Manufactured
only by Or. J. q. d. SiegeTt 4 Sons
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sl5 overcoatsj they are handsomely lined
throughout with satin. Eseman Bros, manu-.
tacturers, corner 7lh and Il,
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Preliminary Practice.

$3.50 oyercoAts In many colors and shades.
Eiheman Bros, manufacturers, cor. 7th and K.
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THE CROSS AND THE GRAIL. BY LUCY
LARCoM; with selections from Shakespeare
Longfellow, Whittier. and Phoebe and Alice
Cary. From the Woman's Temperance
Publication Association, Chicago.
A very handsome gift book, bound In
cloth, and illustrated with number OF col
ored Autographs. Thefriends Of temperance
will be glad to have this book, coming as 1t
does from this association in Chicago.
National Republican., 1887-12-24
The Great Success

OF Ayers sarsaparilla is due to the
fact that It meets the wants Of the
people, being economical to use and
always reliable and effective. Its in
gradients are the best, and their
combination the result OF profound
study and skill. Thus, for all diseases
originating in impure blood, Ayers
Sarsaparilla stands unrivaled.
"As a blood-purifer and general
builder-up OF the system" says Eugene
i. Hill, NJ. d., 3Si Sixth ave-, New York,
II have never found anything to equal
Ayers Sarsaparilla."
Mrs. Eliza A. Clough, Matron Of the
NJ. r. Seminary, Tilton, N. H., writes
Every winter and spring my family,
inc,ur.ng myself, use several bottles Of
Ayers Sarsaparilla. Experience has
convinced me that, as powerful blood
purifier, II IL superior to any other pre-
paration Of Sarsaparilla.'
ayers Sarsaparilla gives better sat
lsfaction than any other blood medicine
l handle. = Geo. w Whitman, Druggist,
Albany, Indiana.
Ayers SarsapariIIa,
Prepared by Dr G. Aver & Co, LEVEL, Mass.
Sold BY all Druggists, Price 81; six bottles, SS
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THE GAyERoCKs. A Tale of the Cornish
Coast. By S. Barring GOULD. Philadelphia,
J. D: Lippincolt Company. For sale by A.
=. Witherbee, Price, so cents.
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THE CROSS
-

One Of the best Of recent novels, and
holds the readers interest to the last page.
National Republican., 1887-12-24

sNow, tree ornaments, Xmas cards, toys,
scrap pictures. ]. Jay Gould's i2l 9th street,
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AMANDA NJ. DOUGLASS. Boston: Lea K
Shepard. For sale by William Ballantyne
d Son. Price 81 so.
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OFFICE OF CHIEF EsotHEER FIRE DErAnr-
MENr, FARiBAuLT MfHS.-RoBERT MORRILL,,
EsQ.-DEAR SIR We use your Bucket Force
Pumps in our fire department, and consider
them well adapted for eXtingishing fires. either
at the outset Of the fire or in buildings where
the iiremen arc unable to reach with larger
streams. Yours respectfully,
G. II. PALMER, Chief Fire Department.
CESTERvILLE, PA, Oct. T. lSS7.-RoBERT NOR.
RELL, ESQ.,, SUMMIT, N j., DEAR Sir We had
bad fire here recently, and but for the Nor
rell Engines there would have been loss OF
about twenty thousand dollars. The fire in
suranco adJuster was here this morning. He
said that at franklin. Pa, where they have
water works, they could not have saved the
buildings we did.
IA. RopIER, Dry Goods, &c.
OFFICE OF JAMES MCMILLAN & Co., DEALERS
IN DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, &c, MARI, Lu-
zERNE Co., PA.-DEAR SR-There Is no hand
pump made that requires less jxins 10 teep
In order than your ball valve Bucket Force
Pump. / use It for washing wagons. sprink-
ling fruit trees, emptying cisterns, and wash
ing windows: In fact, It Is indispensable about
place like mine, and would not be withoutit
for twice its value. Respectfully yours,
Ia MrMItTlN
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Yruuna
Applications stock %Oudte
A.. B. WHlTE e3a F Street Northwest.
Send FOL Circular ProeL
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This is one of the best of the Douglass
series, all Of which have been we'll received.
National Republican., 1887-12-24

THE BOYS OF 1912 AND OTHER NAVAL
HEROES. By JAMES RUSSELL SoLEY. BJs-
ton: Estes & Lauriat. For sale by william
Ballantyne & Son, Price, 81 so.
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ONLY A YEAR AND WHAT 1T BROUGHT
ard. For sale by VIM. Ballantyne & Son.
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This is one Of Miss Andrews's best
stories, and written In her usual charming
manner.
National Republican., 1887-12-24

Is an exciting account Of the growth OF
the United States navy before and during
the war Of 1879. The book is full OF inter-
esting incidents and adventure.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-07-06
FARM NOTES.

Plant corn for succession each week or so.
To buy land wisely man must be alert
on every side.
There are about 5, OG0, OCO owners of farms
in this country.
Flower growing about the railroad STA
tions is pleasingly on the increase.
A factory has been built in Florida for
the production of wine from oranges.
Carrots often receive great injury from a
few days neglect in wedding at this sea-
son.
With the early fruits coming in plenti-
fully, rhubarb shoCld have a rest from
much cutting.
Parsley to be grown in rich soil, with
good culture. IL takes several weeks for
seed to come up.
There are 5000 acres of oyster beds in
the Bay Of Areachon, France, which yield
10000 600 ysters a year.
Last weeks exports from New York City
Of cheese were n 001 boxes, against 1916
boxes in the previous week.
Some tobacco lands in Lancaster County,
PenDsy lvania, are said to yield profit
equivalent to s. a day per acre to their
owner.
The importation of American -four into
he United Kingdom so far this year has
Give the sheep all the clover hay they
will eat after Landing. with meal aud
quarter linseed is the advice of a contem-
porary.
The demand for plum trees is very
heavy from all over the country, showing
that growers see their value and plant &C.
cordipgly.
1t is said that not less than 600 600
pounds of dried sage leaves are used an.
nually in the United States for various
purposes.
The market grower is liable to make
great mistake who overlooks the neighbor-
ing home market, trusting to the large
towns only.
Asparagus should not be cut after this
month, as the value Of future crops depends
largely upon the amount of top growth dur
ing the summer.
Under the present law now In force in
New Hampshire, requiring that all oleo-
margarine sold in that State Shall be coIored
pink. ii is said there is none OF the stuff
whatever sold.
The total sales at New York in wheat for
the week amounted to 81, 400, 900 bushels,
against q, 119 900 bushels last week and
SO 800, $50 bushels for the corresponding
week in 1886.
The shipments of cheese from Montreal
last week were 2,223 boxes, against only
32,052 boxes in the same week last year.
These combined with the shipments from
New York made over lbs, 600 boxes of
cheese sent out last week. 1t is apparent
that The make of cheese on this continent
will be much heavier than last year, and
may even reach the figures OF 1885.
Aphides or plant lice are impervious to
the poison of paris green. They do not
eat, and therefore. do not get It. but live
by sucking juices out of the leaves, where
no poisson can reach. But they are short
lived, and have many insect enemies, chief
of which are tho various kinds of lady-bugs
which feed on them. The lady. bugs are
always very abundant in apple orchards,
as the apple-leaf louise prevails more or less
every season. This Is one reason why it Is
easier fighting potato bugs on potatoes
planted in apple orchards or near cherry
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-07-06

temporary insanity. On one occasion he
told her he had been beaten by Attendant
Fitzgerald. There were marks on his body
caused by his being strapped down to his
bed.
John Molloy. an ex-attendant, saw At
tendant Nash jump twice on the breast of
a patient named Bogart. He reported the
case to DR.. Spencer, but nothing came of
it.
Miss Lizzie Mendeshon testified that
her husband was killed. She first learned
of his death December 0, 1886. She last
saw him alive on November 80. When she
reached the Office the doctor told her she
could not see him because he had fallen
and disfguTed his face. insisted upon
seeing him. 1 found his face all bruised
and a cut on top of his head. l asked who
struck him. He said it was Attendant
McCue. When she and her little daughter
were leaving he followed them to the door.
He appealed to the little girl TO bring him
home, saying McCue would kill him. She
did not see her husband until he was dead.
Two of his ribs were broken and half of
his upper lip was gone.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-07-06
rrulea for Hard Roads.

AS the roads become harder and firmer,
especially in cities, mules are taking the
preference of horses in some localities for
team work There is considerable preju.
dice against them, but mules foot is mis-
strong point, and that is where the horse
on city stone pavements soonest gives ont.
On the other hand, they are not well
adapted to working on soft land. They
are good for blowing, but when it comes
to dragging over the loosened soil the
mules hoof sinks into II, making extra
labor in hauling it out. In the Sout ;,
where the mule is used in cultivating cot.
ton, the negroes use shovel plow, throw
ing loose earth against the rows and leav-
ing hard beaten track in the middle for
the mule to walk in. This is not a good
way to cultivate corn or cotton, but it is
necessary where the work has to be done
by mules on account of the smallness o.
tbsir feet. 1t is this popularity of his
foot that makes the kick of mule 50
effective. All the force OF the blow i:
concentrated in a very small spot.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-07-06
ELoPED WITH A NEGRO.
Pretty White Indiana Girl Arrested in
Chicago With an Old Blask Man.



a big black man, who looked like a
farmland, accompanied by well-dressed
and INTEL gent-looking white girl, was ar
rested by Officer Madden this morning for
leaving the Gault House without paying
for a nights lodging. The couple were
found standing near the corner of Canal
and Madison streets and taken to the Des-
plaines-street Station. A bundle OF let
ters found in the girls baggage disclosed
the fact that the two had just eloped
from Rushville, Ind. The negro was the
porter at the Heritage House in Lima,
Ohio-by name, Logan d. Wright. His
daughter OF a well-to-do farmer near Rush
vile. Among the letters was one from the
girls sister beseechiug her to have nothing
10 do with that old black negro Logan"
as the affair was the talk of the town and
was breaking their mothers heart. When
Captain Setback was trying to get the ne
gro's name from Miss Devine he told her
the otfense would warrant them in hang
ing him to the nearest tree. The girl burst
into tears, and, crying Il love himl love
him." begged the Captain in most pite-
Gus way 10 spare his life and take her own.
why do you want to live with big,
black, ugly negro like WrightP'' asked Lieu
tenant Ross OF the girl.
Because love him. | loved him the
first time 1 ever saw him. He's mighty
we'll educated, too; studied to be minis
ter, but he thought he'd better keep at his
trade. He's plasterer. He used TO live
in Nashville, and it is there l got &C.
quainted with him, and then left home
and went to work at Heifzel's Hotel, in
Lima, Ohio, where he boarded. We made
it up to come to Chicago. Tue officers said
they were s-going to hang him, but, oh, |
hone they won't"
The negro is q rOund-headed, fiat-nosed
specimen of his race, apparently about
forty-fve years of age, although he says he
is only thirty-five. Miss Devine SAYS she
tweDty-one years old, although she does
not look il. Wright, the negro, says be
meant to marry the girl, aud swears she is
as pure as the snow itself.
The police have telegraphed the girls
father, who says he will come and fetch
her home. She cried when she heard be
was coming, and declared she would not
see him. She says Der mother didn't treat
her right, either. The girl is locked up in
one of the women's cells at the Desplaines-
street Station to await the coming of hel
| father.
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"A Foo TO Good Grass.

In Northern Ohio, besides the complaint
OF white daisies, and the like, yet verse
pest has appeared in the form OF grass,
locally called white face, "wire grass.
etc that comes in and kills out every YES
tige of the better heritage. Green and
luxuriant at first, it soon turns yellow
white, becomes wholly worthless. and soon
overruns and takes possession of q whole
field. Cut when just heading out. it has
some value as hay. but if it gets at all rip
it is almost wholly rejected by the stock.
In the meadows it can be killed out by
blowing and reseeding down to timothy
and clover, and kept back by early cutting
but in the rougher pasture land that one
does not wish to disturb or can not, the
problem is more serious. 1t has been sug-
gested that If the land could be sliced up
with disc or other sharp cutting harrows
in September, after it had ripened, and bt
Gown th:ckly with thick grasses anc clover
in the spring, especially alsike clover, II
could be got the advantage of.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-07-06
Murder and Suicide.

MoRRIsTowN, N. j., July Ia horrible
murder occurred in the pleasant village of
Chatham, at 7:15 this morning. John
Wilson, who has of late been out of work,
owing to his dissolute habits, went to his
home last night in an intoxicated condi-
ton and gave his wife beating. He was
finally quieted and prevailed upon to go to
bed. On arising this morning he was in a
ouarrelsome mood, and became Infatuated
with his little daughter. SEEKING an old
double-barreled shotgun he fred at the
girl, but fortunately missed his aim, and
she made her escape from the house. VIII
sons wife demonstrated with him, where
upon he fred at her, shooting her through
the heart. Mrs. Wilson started to run out
of the rear door, but fell in her tracks and
Immediately expired. Being now thor
oughly frenzied, Wilson reloaded the gun,
and placing it TO the lef. side of his head
blew out his brains.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-07-06

the ground In natural position. Then fol-
lowed written descriptions of habits, time
of appearance, and how to destroy them
Every German was taught to destroy the
curse at sight.
In every sohoolroom and every pub
lie house or building and in every
farm house these cuts and instructions
could be seen. Every child in Germany,
doubtless, knows enough Of this beetle now
TO know what is best to do with him: Tue
potato beetle was welcomed with bloody
hands to a hospitable grave on German
soil. Just 70 should We welcome every
foreign weed or insect or sparrow that ap.
pears here. Had Americans been as well
and promptly informed of the nature aud
appearance OF the He sian fly, and what 10
do with il, can it be supposed that the
curse would have become so universal
Oar Government can not expend oul
money more wisely than by furnishing
such Information. 1t is not enough to have
a volume of heavy reading matter illus
trated by few cuts 60 out as dead matter
dead because too late.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-07-06
THE REMARKABLE HISTORY
OF Baron Seilliere, Now Confined In
French Insane Asylam,

OF Baron seilliere, Now Confined In a
French Insane Asylam.
New York, June 2S-The Times this
morning prints the following history OF
the case OF Baron Seilliere: About a year
ago q tall, distinguished looking man of
forty years, with an aristocratic face and
sweeping black moustache, arrived in San
Francisco on his way to his home in Paris,
after tour around the world. 1t quickly
became known in the Pacific metropolis
that he was the Baron Sellliere, and at the
Palace Hotel, in San Francisco, and the
Hotel Del Monte, at Monterey. he soon be-
came familiar and remarkable figure. He
often declared his intention of settling
there, and, though this was regarded as q
Joke, it was a serious matter to him, as he
went into the United States Court and de-
clared his intention OF beco ming citizen.
Finally he left there and came to this city.
In a short time he was as well known at
the Hoffman House as be had been at the
Palace. He possessed enormous wealth and
spent his money lavishly. He made quite
a circle of friends here, and when he left
for Paris was very generally regretted
by some of the best known men Ia town.
These men are now not a little excited
over certain occurrences which are set
forth in a letter from one of them.
The writer is an ex-city official
of high reputation and unques-
toned veracity. In an interview last
evening he said: II first received news of
this matter by cable. Letters have since
arrived giving me full particulars. Baron
Seilliere went home to adjust some prop
erty disputes with his sister, the Princess
De Sagan, the wife of the president of the
Jockey Club, and one of the best known Ia
dies in Europe. Seilliere's aunt, the Ouch
ess De Bergh, and his brother Frank: who
lives of his estate at Weildbad, in Germa-
ny. were also concerned. SeiIliere had
scarcely arrived there before he received
intimation that there was some kind of a
conspiracy on foot against him,
and he made his friends promise
that IL he disappeared they
would hunt him up. He did disappear.
ard they did hum him up, finding that
while at his aunt's hotel he had been
seized by three men, bound and carried to
the insane asylum at Vannes, of which DR..
Falret is director. They learned, further,
that Seilliere had been decoyed into state
of extreme anger, in which he, being very
nervous individual, doubtless reached an
abnormal pitch. and in preparation for it
the Princess De Sagan, DR.. Mattel and a
medical reporter named Segnam were con.
cealed behind a screen. They took their
own notes of what passed, and. accord
leg to the letters, their testimony sufficed.
after his seizure, to accomplish his com.
mitment. Since that time Baron Seiiliere
has been close prisoner in mad house.
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About weeds aud Insects.

1T has been asserted, said MAJOR Poore in
one OF his admirable letters to the Amerl-
can Cultivetor, and l believe it, that more
than half the labor and risks attending the
cultivation OF the average farm crops arise
from the presence of weeds and insect
pests. These get their hold On the prem.
ises generally before the farmer learns
their true character. The majority of
them, too, are imported. They steal along
the highways and spread over the fields
The Hessian fly has become almost uniyer-
sal. The reason favoring this curse is found
in every wheat-growiDg district. 1t came
to this land in the forage supplied to the
Hessian troops employed by the British,
thus entailing curse worse than the tax
on tea.
The cabbage moth made its first ravages
on Long Island, destroying pyofts of
gardeners and damasiug them to the ex-
tent of a half million in a single year. The
gardener did not recognize in the iasignifi-
cant moth, Hitting about innocently IN the
sunshine and lighting on his cabbage
plants, an enemy that was to destroy his
crop end business. After the destruction
came he began to study the habits of the
new curse. and too late found that the lit
tie things had become an irrePressibIe host
The Canada thistle and amarantaus re-
hexus, or red root, are foreigners whose
true character could not be known at
slgnt. lney nave come 70 stay. They get
q hold ard keep II, and spread from farm
10 farm. They go in the fight OF the birds,
in the covering of cattle and sheep and
the tens OF thousands OF bushels Of seeds
that are sent broadcast over our fertile
land. These are but examples OF the I'M
known numbers of persistant pests of the
inject world and vegetable Kingdom.
The farmer and gardener, single handed,
can not cope with them. He can not fsnce
30 high, nor cultivate so carefully, but they
will surround him and invade every foot
of his soil They come, at first, as inno-
cent, good looking little visitors, too feeb e
to arouse hostility. They are not rou'ed
at once, as they would be If their true
nature and mission were known.
IL hes occurred TO Us that here is a work
for the Department of Agriculture to be-
gin and TO be seconded in by every board
of agriculture in the land. Books and
writers may describe these minute curses
ever so accurately, vet these Innocent
looking things will not be recognized OF
the naturalist, the botanist and the ento.
mologist. Their work is most good aud
most necessary, bat to be efficient, every
farmer and gardener and their wives and
children must become intelligent readers
before they can recognize these new pests
as the ones scientifically described.